What did Moses say and do when he stood in the gate of the camp after the golden calf?
Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, 'Who's on the Lord's side?' He then asked how many would mean business with our God, putting the people up against it after the golden calf incident. He confronted them with a decisive choice.
Les explains that Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp and issued a public challenge: 'Who's on the Lord's side?' He pressed the Israelites to mean business with God, putting them up against it. The setting was their gross immorality—naked, lascivious dancing around the golden calf, a perfect example of the idolatry from which they had come. Les also notes that God moved in and brought a plague because of that immorality.
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
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What did Moses mean when he asked 'Who is on the Lord's side?' at the camp gate?
Moses stood in the gate of the camp and challenged the people with 'Who is on the Lord's side?' — pressing them to mean business with God and forcing them to a decision.